Dr. Anil Kant Thakur

Address office Jaypee University of Information Technology WaknaghatDistt. Solan (H.P.), India PIN-173215 Telephone: 91-1792-262310Email: anil.thakur@juit.ac.inEducation

Exam passed Board / University Year of passing

Matric HPBSE Dharmshala H.P. 1989

10+2 HPBSE Dharmshala H.P. 1992

B.Sc.(Hort.) Dr. YSPUHF Nauni Solan H.P. 1996

M.Sc. Biotechnology Dr. YSPUHF Nauni Solan H.P. 1999

Ph.D Biotechnology Dr. YSPUHF Nauni Solan H.P. 2002

NET ICAR Pusa New Dehli 2004

Research InterestsDNA markers, Genetic resources and diversity, Functional genomics, Genetic

Engineering, Plant/ algal cell and tissue culture, etcEmployment

From To Position Held Organization

August 2013 Till date Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)

JUIT Waknaghat Solan H.P.

Jan 2009 July 2013

Assistant Professor (Grade-II) JUIT Waknaghat Solan H.P.

July 2006 Jan 2009 Lecturer JUIT Waknaghat Solan H.P.July 2004 July

2006DST project Scientist ACHBB HPKVV Palampur H.P.

June 2002 Dec. 2003

Research Associate ACHBB HPKVV Palampur H.P.

Nov. 1998 Dec 2001 Senior Research Fellow Deptt. of Biotechnology Dr YSP UHF Nauni Solan HP

Research Guidance: Programmes Number B.Tech 14M. Tech 10Ph. D (Submitted) Ph. D (Awarded) 02Others (if) Ph. D perusing 05

Externally funded projects: Category Title Completed Sponsoring

Agency Amount

Major Identification DNA markers linked with rust resistance gene in lentil.

2007 DST Govt of India 15 lakh

Major Identification and validation of sex linked markers in seabuckthorn

2012-2015 DRDO Ministry of Defense Govt. India

10 lakh

MajorTransciptome analysis of male and female flower buds of seabuckthorn

2015- DRDO Ministry of Defense Govt. India

10 lakh

Administrative activities:A. Contribution/ Participation in Departmental Activities & Development: Co-ordinated the “Molecular Biology” module at the Summer Training 2011

organized by Dept of BT & BI, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, 2011-13.

Coordinator; Assignment of teaching assistance load to PhD Scholars (2010-2016)

Member Curriculum Design committee (2008-20011) Member Board of studies Departmental Purchase committee DPMC member of PhD students Member Departmental Committee for NBA(2012-13) Departmental Outreach activity Departmental Time table coordinator Departmental stock verification committee Member lab staff training B. Contribution/ Participation in Institute Activities & Development: Member Secretary of Institutional Bio safety committee Member Outreach activityC. Outside Institute Activity: Invited lecture at International conference on Molecular Biology of stress

response in phototrophs; IGNTU Amarkantak MP (10), Acting as stakeholder in Execution of MoU with DIHAR Leh Stake holder in execution of MoU with CPRI Shimla

Research Paper Reviewer in Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding ISGPB New Dehli Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources ISPGR New Dehli Euphytica Springer

HONORS AND AWARDS Merit Position in HPBSE Dharmshala H.P. in Matriculation Examination. Recipient of ASPPE Agricultural Research Foundation Fellowship for Masters

Research (1997-1999).

Received best paper Award during the satellite Seminar on Biotechnical Approaches for Crop Improvement: Opportunities and Challenges at HPKVV, Palampur (September, 2003).

Recipient of SERC Fast Track Fellowship under young scientist scheme from Department of Science and technology, Ministry of Science and technology, Govt. of India.

Brandis Award (2007) Indian Forester ICFRE Dehradun1. Best paper award (Oral Presentation) in 1st HP Science Conference 2014 1st Himachal

Pradesh Science Congress “Role of Science & Technology in Sustainable Development” Hotel Peterhoff, Shimla (Oct.15-16, 2014

1st Prize – Best Poster Award) – At National Conference on Prospectives and Trends in Plant sciences and Biotechnology (PTPB – 2014), Department of Botony, Panjab university, Chandigarh, 21-23 February 2014. 

Statement of Teaching Interests I have been associated with the B.Tech and M.Tech course curriculum, syllabi

and teaching material development at university level. I have taught different diverse courses to B.Tech. M.Tech. and Ph.D Biotechnology students viz Molecular Biology, Cell culture techniques, Plant tissue culture, Genetic Engineering, Recombinant DNA technology, Cancer Biology, Plant Genetic Engineering, Biochemistry, Food and Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Methodology and Data Analysis, Human Genome and Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Molecular diagnostics etc. I am interested to teach courses on General Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Molecular biology, Recombinant DNA Technology and Genetic Engineering, Plant Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. I am also open to develop and teach interdisciplinary courses such as Instrumentation, Biostatistics etc.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications1. Jagdish Singh Arya, Narendra Singh, Preeti Singh Arya, Anil Kant (Feb.2017)

Morphological variations and relationship among onion germplasm for quantitative and qualitative traits at trans-Himalaya Ladakh, India. Australiann Journal of Crop Science, 11(03):329-337 (2017) doi: 10.21475/ajcs.17.11.03.pne369

2. Jha, D., Jain, V., Sharma, B., Kant, A. and Garlapati, V. K. (2017), Microalgae-based Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals: An Emerging Field with Immense Market Potential. CBEN. doi:10.1002/cben.201600023

3. Rakesh Singh Gour, Madhusudan Bairagi, Vijay Kumar Garlapati & Anil Kant (2017): Enhanced microalgal lipid production with media engineering of potassium nitrate as a nitrogen source, Bioengineered, DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2017.1316440

4. Dolkar Phuntsog,| Dolkar Diskit, | Angmo Stanz,  Kant Anil, Kumar Bhuvnesh,| Stobdan, Tsering (Feb.2017). Sexual differences and seasonal variations in total phenolics and antioxidant properties in Hippophae rhamnoides leaves. Journal of Berry Research, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 61-69, 2017. DOI 10.3233/JBR-170147

5. Akanksha Bajpai Vijay Kumar Garlapati, Rakesh Singh Gour and Anil Kant (March 2017) Evaluation of Microalgae from Himalayan region for nutraceutical activities Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2017 Jan ; 8(2): (B) 174-178

6. Gour RS, Chawla A, Singh H, Chauhan RS, Kant A (2016) Characterization and Screening of Native Scenedesmus sp. Isolates Suitable for Biofuel Feedstock. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0155321. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155321

7. Chandan Singh, Jatindra K. Pradhan, Sonali Singh, Pradeep K. Naik, Anil Kant, and Harvinder Singh (June 2015) Biosynthesis and Antibacterial-Activity of Silver and Gold Nanoparticles Using Liquorice Root: A Green Chemistry Approach J. Colloid Sci. Biotechnol. 4, 147-152.

8. Tamanna Sharma, Rakesh Singh Gour, Anil Kant, Rajinder Singh Chauhan, (Nov., 2015), Lipid content in Scenedesmus species correlates with multiple genes of fatty acid and triacylglycerol biosynthetic pathways, Algal Research, 12, 341-349, ISSN 2211-9264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2015.09.006. (IF 5.014)

9. Aseem Chawla, Tsering Stobdan, Ravi B Srivastava Varun Jaiswal, RS Chauhan Anil Kant (April 2015), Sex-biased temporal gene expression in male and female floral buds of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) PLoS ONE 10(4): e0124890.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124890 (IF3.534)

10. Prabodh K Bajpai, Ashish R Warghat, Anil Kant, Ravi B Srivastava, Tsering Stobdan (Feb 2015), High phenotypic variation in Morus alba L. along an altitudinal gradient in Indian trans-Himalaya. Journal of Mountain Science. 12 (2) 446-455, DOI:10.1007/s11629-013-2875-2 (IF 1.06)

11. Aseem Chawla, Anil Kant, Tsering Stobdan, Ravi B. Srivastava, R.S. Chauhan, (April 2014), Cross-species application of sex linked markers in H. salicifolia and H. tibetana. Scientia Horticulturae 170, 281–283. (IF1.4)

12. Rakesh Singh Gour, Anil Kant, Rajinder Singh Chuahan, and (Jan. 2014): Screening of micro algae for Growth and lipid accumulation properties. Journal of Algal Biomass Utilization. 5 (1), 38-46.

13. Prabodh K Bajpai, Ashish R Warghat Kant Anil, Srivastava Ravi, Stobdan Tsering, (Aug .2014), Detecting molecular signatures of natural selection in Morus alba L. populations from the trans-Himalaya. Journal of Systematics and Evolution.52(5),589–597,  DOI: 10.1111/jse.12109 (IF 1.851)

14. Prabodh K Bajpai, Ashish R Warghat, Ram Kumar Sharma, Ashish Yadav, Anil K Thakur, Ravi B Srivastava, Tsering Stobdan, (April 2014), Structure and Genetic Diversity of Natural Populations of Morus alba in the Trans-Himalayan Ladakh Region. Biochemical Genetics. 52 (3), 137-152 doi:10. 1007/ s10528-013- 9634-5 (IF1.5)

15. Prabodh K Bajpai, Ashish R Warghat P Dhar, Anil Kant, Ravi B Srivastava, Tsering Stobdan. (Aug., 2014). Variability and fruit color effect on antioxidant activity, phenolics, flavonoids, anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin content in Morus alba L. fruit from the trans-Himalaya, India. LWT - Food Science and Technology 59 (5) 981-988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2014.07.055 (IF 2.546)

16. Dorin Gupta, R K Mittal, Anil Kant, Mohar Singh, 2007: Association studies for agro-physiological and quality traits of triticale x bread wheat derivatives in relation to drought and cold stress. Journal of Environmental Biology 28 (2), 265-269. (IF 0.68)

17. Chand U, PC Katoch, Anil Kant, 2007: Differential manifestation of micro mutations for different quantitative traits in Basmati rice. ORYZA. 44(2), 99-103.

18. Chand U, Katoch PC, Kant A, 2007, Mutagenic effectiveness and efficiency of ethyl methanesulphonate and gamma-rays in scented rice. ORYZA. 44(1), 61

19. Baljit Singh, G S Chauhan, D K Sharma, Anil Kant, I Gupta, Nirmala Chauhan, 2006: The release dynamics of model drugs from the psyllium and N-hydroxymethylacrylamide based hydrogels. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 325(1-2), 15-25. (IF 3.46)

20. Anil Kant, Vaishnu Dutt, D. R. Sharma, 2006: Genetic variability in phenotypic characters of Pinus gerardiana The Indian Forester Vol. 132:681-690.

21. Anil Kant, D Pattanayak, S K Chakrabarti, Rajan Sharma, Manisha Thakur, D R Sharma, 2006: RAPD analysis of variability in Pinus gerardiana Wall. - An

endangered conifer of North Western Himalayas. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 5(1), 62-65. (IF 0.48)

22. Nag N, Sharma SK, Anil Kant, 2006: Agronomic Evaluation of some induced mutants of urdbean (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper). SABRAO Journal of breeding and Genetics. 38(1) 29-38. (IF 0.23)

23. Anil Kant, S. K. Sharma, Rajan Sharma, R.K. Sharma, T. Mohapatra, 2004: Identification of RAPD and AFLP markers Linked with rust gene in Lentil. Crop Improvement. 31, 1-10.

24. Anil Kant, D. R. Sharma, 2004: Evaluation of genetic diversity in Pinus gerardiana using isozymes. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources. 17, 48-52.

25. Sharma Rajan, Kant Anil, Kaushal R. P. 2004. Generation of pea mutants for resistance to ascochyta blight and powdery mildew and their characterization using isozyme markers. Journal of Genetics and Breeding. 58: 149-156.

26. Manisha Thakur, DR Sharma, Kamlesh Kanwar, Anil Kant, 2002: In vitro regeneration of Acacia catechu Willd. from callus and mature nodal explants--an improved method.. Indian journal of experimental biology. 40(7), 850-853. (IF 1.2)

27. D Gupta, RK Mittal, M Singh, A Kant. 2005: Evaluation of triticale x bread wheat derivatives for agro-morphological, physiological and biochemical traits in relation to drought and cold stress. Annals of Biology 21(2), 143‐147

Conference Proceedings1. Anil Kant and Rakesh Singh Gour 2016 Characterization and Screening of Native

microalgae species from HP Suitable for Biofuel Feedstock. International Conference on Molecular Biology of Stress Responses in Phototrophs (MBSR 2016) Nov. 12-14, 2016, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Amarkantak, 484887, Madhya Pradesh, India

2. Aseem Chawla, Tsering Stobdan, Ravi B Srivastava, RS Chauhan, Anil Kant 2014 Female specific markers in H. salicifolia and H. tibetana: A tool for useful in large scale commercial plantation ISTS-IUFRO Conference on “Sustainable Resource Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Social Security” (March 13-15 2014 ) IT Park Chandigarh.

3. Rakesh Singh Gour, Madhusudan Bairagi , Aseem Chawala, Rajinder Singh Chauhan and Anil Kant 2014 “Survey and Characterization of potential biofuel feedstock Microalgae from Himachal Pradesh” International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICBB-2014)"(1-2 Feb 2014). Held at International Centre for Stem Cells, Cancer and Biotechnology (ICSCCB), Pune, India.

4. Aseem Chawla, Tsering Stobdan, Ravi B Srivastava, RS Chauhan, Anil Kant 2014 Cross species application of female specific marker in H. salicifolia and H. tibetana National conference on perspective and trends in plant science and biotechnology organized by Department of Botany Punjab University Chandigarh (Feb 21-23 2014).

5. Aseem Chawla, Anil Kant, Tsering Stobdan, Ravi B Srivastava, RS Chauhan: Sex specific SCAR markers development in H. salicifolia and H. tibetana. 2013: International Conference on Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Medicine & Human Health, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, South Campus

6. Aseem Chawla, Harvinder Singh, Anil Kant, 2012 Development of In planta transformation method for Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum). International Conference on Biotechnology: Emerging Trends

7. Prabodh K. Bajpai Warghat AR, Yadav A, Thakur AK and Srivastava RB.2011 Conservation genetics of Morus alba in Ladakh International conference on “Emerging trends on Food and Health Security in Cold Deserts” held at Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Leh Ladakh (23- 25 Sept 2011).

8. Prabodh K. Bajpai Warghat AR, Murkute A, Yadav A, Thakur AK and Srivastava RB. 2011 Genetic diversity of mulberry (Morus alba) from cold arid high altitude region. 15th ADNAT Convention, a three day International Symposium on “Genomics and Biodiversity” held at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, (23-25 Feb 2011).

9. Prabodh K. Bajpai, Ashish R. Warghat, Anil Kant Thakur, R.B Srivastava: Prabodh K. Bajpai, Ashish R. Warghat, Anil Kant Thakur and R.B Srivastava. 2010: Title 4th Indian Horticulture Congress, held at Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. 18 to 21 Nov. 2010.

10. Kant Anil, Sharma S. K., Sharma Rajan, Sharma R. K. and Mahopatra T. 2003. Towards development of DNA markers linked with rust resistance in lentil. In : 'Satellite Seminar on Biochemical Approaches for crop improvement- Opportunities and Challenges' held at CSK HP Agricultural University Palampur on 24 th Sept. 2003.

11. Sharma Rajan, Kaushal, R. P. Kant Anil, Sharma Vineet. 2003. Selection of pea calli for resistance to Ascochyta pinodes and their characterization using isozyme markers. In proceedings of 'Satellite Seminar on Biochemical Approaches for crop improvement- Opportunities and Challenges' held at CSK HP Agricultural University Palampur on 24 th Sept. 2003.

Book Chapters1. Vijay Kumar Garlapati, Rakesh Singh Gour, Vipasha Sharma, Lahshami Shri

Roy, Samudrala Prashant, Anil Kant and Rintu Banerjee ( Feb.2017) Current

status of Biodiesel production from microalgae in India. In:Advances in feedstocks and biofuels. Scrivender Publishing LLC 9781119117254

2. Mishra G. P., Kant Anil, Shashi Bala and Singh, R.K., 2008: Molecular Mapping and Mapping populations in Plants. In: Molecular Plant breeding; Principles and Applications. pp 97-129, Stadium press LLC, Texas, USA.

3. Kant Anil, Sharma S.K. and Gupta Dorin 2008,: Marker Assisted Selection and Breeding: Potentials and its Application in Some Major Crops. In: Crop Improvement Strategies and Applications. I. K. International New Delhi.

4. Kant Anil, Mishra G. P., Shashi Bala and Singh, R.K., 2008: High throughput detection of PCR products and SNP for molecular breeding. In: Molecular Plant breeding; Principles and Applications. pp 1-77 Stadium press LLC, Texas, USA.

5. Singh, R.K. Mishra G. P., Kant Anil, and Shashi Bala, 2008: Molecular markers in Plants. In: Molecular Plant breeding; Principles and Applications. pp 79-96 Stadium press LLC, Texas, USA.

6. Sharma SK, Anil Kant and Dogra RK Genetically modified food products-An Indian Scenario. In: Collaborating to combat climate change, Lt.Gen. J.S.Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd.). World Environment Foundation, MM Publisher, London. Pp.263-280

7. Kant A. and Srivastava D. K., 2003: Plant regeneration and Agrobacterium mediated gene transfer studies in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) In: Biotechnological Strategies in Agro processing (S.S. Marwaha and I.K. Arora Editors). pp361-369. Asiatech Publishers Inc. New Delhi.

Orientation/Refresher Courses, Summer/Winter Schools, Faculty Development Programmes, Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Attended/ Organized

National Symposium on Computational Systems Biology NSCSB - March 18-20, 2016, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (JUIT), H.P. National Network for Mathematical and Computational Biology, Department of Mathematics Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012Workshop on Statistical Techniques in Biological and Medical Sciences STBMS-16 June 13- 18, 2016, DBT Sponsored, Deptt. Of Bitechnology and Bioinformatics JUIT Solan

Sequences Submitted to NCBI1. Singh Rakesh Kant Anil, Chawla Aseem, Chauhan R.S. 2013 Amplified Partial

18S rRNA gene sequence of three microalgae; Scenedesmus quadricauda, Scenedesmus dimorphus and Chlorella spp Sequences ID KC790428 KC790429 KC790430 KC790431 KC790432 KC790433 KC790434 KC790435

2. Chawla,Aseem, Kant Anil, and Chauhan, R.S.2013. Cloning of partial PDS gene of Buckwheat KC754702

3. Chawla Aseem, Bairagi Madhusudan, Mishra Mamta, Kant Anil, Chauhan R. S.2013 Cloning of partial PDS gene of capsicum. Sequences ID KC754703.